Dao has \(\frac{2 \frac{3}{8}}\) pounds of hamburger meat. He is making \(\frac{1}{4}\) pound hamburgers. Does Dao have enough meat to make 10 hamburgers? Explain.
Answer (2)
FIrslty let's find the common denominator of 2 3/8 and 1/4:
2 3/8 = 19/8 1/4 = 2/8
Now we have to find out how many 2/8s will fit in one 19/8. To do that we can divide 19 by 2:
19/2 = 9,5
We can see that Dao will be able to make 9 humbergers, because he's still missing 1/8 of meat to do the 10th humberger..
Dao does not have enough hamburger meat to make 10 burgers because he needs 2.5 pounds, but he only has 2 8 3 pounds (or 8 19 pounds), which is less than needed. He is short by 8 1 pound.
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